A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Monroe in Utah on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 15:47:03 / January 2, 2019 @ 3:47 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:47:03 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.36 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -112.2591667 West, latitude 38.5778333 North, depth = 7.36 km. Unique identifier: uu60308782. Ids that are associated to the event: uu60308782.
Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Richfield (c. 7 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Richfield.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km WSW of Monroe, Utah.
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